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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/new%20topics%20don%27t%20end%20up%20in%20drafts/near/205501520" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/new.20topics.20don&#x27;t.20end.20up.20in.20drafts.html#205501520">(Jul 30 2020 at 16:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>I was creating a topic in one of the streams and switched midway, but unlike half-written messages, I don't see it in the drafts section.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/new%20topics%20don%27t%20end%20up%20in%20drafts/near/205565502" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Cyphase <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/new.20topics.20don&#x27;t.20end.20up.20in.20drafts.html#205565502">(Jul 31 2020 at 07:38)</a>:</h4>
<p>That is definitely the current behavior. I'm not sure if it was a design decision or an oversight. If you have time, you could <a href="https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/new/choose">open an issue</a> about it. Mention that you're coming from the Rust community.</p>
<p>As a workaround, you can type some characters in the message field so that it saves it as a draft. It's not as automatic – you can't just click away without thinking about it – but it works well enough. Three characters is the minimum to save a draft; I usually type "..." when I'm specifically wanting to save only the topic for now.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/new%20topics%20don%27t%20end%20up%20in%20drafts/near/205594761" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/new.20topics.20don&#x27;t.20end.20up.20in.20drafts.html#205594761">(Jul 31 2020 at 14:13)</a>:</h4>
<p><del>i think I did type some chars in the message field but it didn't save it (let me try again)</del></p>
<p>it does work, i guess that's fine (could have been some spurious network issue when it happened yest)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/new%20topics%20don%27t%20end%20up%20in%20drafts/near/205594992" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/new.20topics.20don&#x27;t.20end.20up.20in.20drafts.html#205594992">(Jul 31 2020 at 14:15)</a>:</h4>
<p>thanks <span aria-label="smile" class="emoji emoji-1f642" role="img" title="smile">:smile:</span></p>



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